Bed Bugs – 5 Do It Yourself Steps to Eliminating Them from Your Home
“Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!” How many times have you heard someone jokingly warn away creepy crawlies just as you’re settling down for sleep? Unfortunately, these are not mythical beasts but a real nuisance that can actually infest your bed and your home. Since they come out mostly at night to feed [...]
Catching Fruit Flies
When some of your apples or bananas have gone a bit to the other side it becomes necessary to learn the art of catching fruit flies (L. Drosophila- means dew-loving). Ok, maybe it’s not an art, but this method is incredibly easy and effective. Your supply list is short and basic: a small cup-like container, [...]
Home Pest Control – Common Ants
You can have the cleanest house on the block and suddenly be faced with an ant infestation. The first reaction is usually to go and get ant spray and spray the little critters. Well that seems to work, for a day or so and then they are back. This process can go on and on [...]
Homemade Carpenter Ant Bait
Earlier this summer I discussed our perpetual need to live with carpenter ants. I ended the post with a somewhat philosophical, “live and let live” comment. Yeah, well, forget all that—sometimes, like when they start tunneling in the foam board in the walls, you’ve got to execute with extreme prejudice! Here’s how we control carpenter [...]
Homemade Hawk Silhouettes Reduce Bird Strikes
Our cabin has two large, beautiful picture windows that unfortunately present a hazard to our local birds. One window, in particular, seems to be a problem. Most of our bird strikes hit that window rather than the others. This week we took steps to solve the problem by making and hanging hawk silhouettes for that [...]
Man vs. Mouse: Disposing of Live-Trapped Pests
The problem with hand trapping mice or other rodent invaders is basic: if you catch it live, you have to kill it. Many people will avoid trapping varmints for this very reason, but for those who are willing to take the responsibility, here are a few tips: Concussion: Perhaps the quickest, most humane way to [...]
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